Alphonso Robinson was known for his athleticism, love of sports and devotion to his family. Robinson grew up in DeLand and graduated in 1950 from Euclid High School, where he was a standout on the football and baseball teams. "They nicknamed him `Horse' because he was such a fast runner," said his wife, Willie Lee Robinson. Alphonso Robinson died Aug. 31. He was 73. Born in 1932 in West Palm Beach, he was one of seven children. His twin brother died at birth. Robinson played third base for the Paterson Black Socks, a semi-pro baseball team in New Jersey.

The aunt of convicted killer Leroy Williams told a judge her nephew didn't commit a 1994 murder -- her mother did. And the aunt told a handful of other people that her mother did it. Friday's revelation from the aunt, Gloria Jean Williams, was enough of a surprise to prosecutor Jeff Ashton that he requested time to interview others who supposedly knew of Mae Daisy Latty's alleged deadly deed. And Orange Circuit Judge Reginald Whitehead agreed. At an evidentiary hearing Friday, Gloria Jean Williams told the judge she has held on to her secret long enough and now wants the truth about what her mother told her years ago. She said her mother, Latty, confessed to killing her husband two weeks after Leroy Williams was convicted in his murder.

Safety Alphonso Bryant, one of the Knights' top-rated recruits in the 2007 class, has withdrawn from school and the football program, UCF Coach George O'Leary said Tuesday. A true freshman out of Homestead High School, Bryant practiced with the defense during fall camp and the first three weeks of the season, but had yet to get into one of the Knights' three games. Bryant did not dress during the Knights' 56-20 win over Memphis Saturday and was not at practice on Tuesday. "We understand the personal circumstances related to Alphonso's decision to withdraw from the team," O'Leary said in a statement.

A 17-year-old former high school football star was shot and killed early Saturday and his 15-year-old cousin was charged with first-degree murder.Alphonso Harris was shot at least twice during an argument that started outside a youth center near a public housing project on Pine Haven Drive, police said.Alphonso's cousin, whose name was withheld because he is a juvenile, was being held without bail at the Volusia County juvenile detention center. A friend of the cousin, also 15, was charged with aggravated assault and also was being held without bail at the detention center.

Crowds of people have been lining up to get into Leo and Loretta Alphonso's bathroom, where Loretta Alphonso reported the images of two crosses appeared on a window shortly after she finished a series of prayers. ''I was amazed. I was really amazed,'' said visitor Evelyn Rodriguez. The Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans had not heard about the crosses, a spokesman said. Pilgrims led into the small, darkened room off the Alphonsos' bedroom report seeing the images of two crosses - one gold, one white, both about 10 inches high - on the surface of a small, translucent window.

A 60-year-old Orlando woman, her grandson and another man have been arrested in the beating death of the woman's husband last week, police said Friday.Investigators think Mae Daisy Latty conspired with the men to rob and kill her husband, Alphonso Latty, said Sgt. Mike Holloway, police spokesman.Facing charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery were Mae Latty, 60; grandson Leroy Williams Jr., 21, 3557 Fekany Place; and Walter Gene Chambers, 22, 4402 King Cole Blvd.Police were summoned to the Lattys' home at 3567 Hage Way on Oct. 4. Alphonso Latty, a 59-year-old lawn care service operator, had been severely beaten and tied with duct tape.

UCF received lucky commitment No. 13. Florida got the good word from a nationally coveted recruit. Florida State has a welcome pair of commitments. And for Miami, it's a mixed bag: Win some but lose another quarterback. Homestead ATH Alphonso Bryant (6-1/195 pounds), ranked 13th on the Sentinel's list of the state's top 100 prospects, committed to UCF over the weekend. He becomes the highest-ranked athlete to become a Knight since the Sentinel began its top 100 list. QB Daunte Culpepper would have ranked higher, but that was in pre-list years.

When Alphonso and Audrey Forbes first moved their family from New York to Central Florida 14 years ago, they weren't afraid of the hurricanes or tropical storms. They didn't fear the humidity. They feared the water. "We heard of so many people drowning," father Alphonso Forbes said. The Forbeses' fears make sense. The most recent census statistics show that blacks account for nearly a quarter of Florida's drowning deaths, though they constitute only 14 percent of the state's population.

Alphonso Robinson was known for his athleticism, love of sports and devotion to his family. Robinson grew up in DeLand and graduated in 1950 from Euclid High School, where he was a standout on the football and baseball teams. "They nicknamed him `Horse' because he was such a fast runner," said his wife, Willie Lee Robinson. Alphonso Robinson died Aug. 31. He was 73. Born in 1932 in West Palm Beach, he was one of seven children. His twin brother died at birth. Robinson played third base for the Paterson Black Socks, a semi-pro baseball team in New Jersey.

Alphonso Lorenzo "Fonzie" Scott Sr. was never too busy, too tired or too poor to help someone in need. For years, the Orange County man had fed the hungry and homeless while working hard to take care of his large family. Saturday was no different. Scott, 46, was warming a meal after midnight for a man who had done some work for his landscaping business when a longtime friend shot him to death, deputies say. The friend, Samuel Granberry, 4200 Cynthia St., Orlando, was being held without bail at the Orange County Jail late Saturday on a murder charge and a charge of possessing a stolen firearm.

A 60-year-old Orlando woman, her grandson and another man have been arrested in the beating death of the woman's husband last week, police said Friday.Investigators think Mae Daisy Latty conspired with the men to rob and kill her husband, Alphonso Latty, said Sgt. Mike Holloway, police spokesman.Facing charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery were Mae Latty, 60; grandson Leroy Williams Jr., 21, 3557 Fekany Place; and Walter Gene Chambers, 22, 4402 King Cole Blvd.Police were summoned to the Lattys' home at 3567 Hage Way on Oct. 4. Alphonso Latty, a 59-year-old lawn care service operator, had been severely beaten and tied with duct tape.

Detectives are hoping a brand-new mower and other landscaping equipment will lead them to the killer of a 59-year-old Orlando man.Alphonso Latty, who owned a lawn service, died Wednesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center after his wife, Mae Latty, found the injured man in the bedroom of their house in southwest Orlando.Alphonso Latty was conscious when his wife found him, but he wouldn't talk about the attack. Detectives believe Latty died from a beating.Detectives are hoping Latty's lawn-mowing equipment will lead them to the killer.

Detectives are hoping a brand-new mower and other landscaping equipment will lead them to the killer of a 59-year-old Orlando man.Alphonso Latty, who owned a lawn service, died Wednesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center after his wife, Mae Latty, found the injured man in the bedroom of their house in southwest Orlando.Alphonso Latty was conscious when his wife found him, but he wouldn't talk about the attack. Detectives believe Latty died from a beating.Detectives are hoping Latty's lawn-mowing equipment will lead them to the killer.

It was the night heaven and hell collided.Dorothy Reid Lewis, a widowed church leader, went to the Winn-Dixie with her two girls at 10 p.m. Saturday to buy food for a covered-dish church dinner she planned to attend Sunday.Sitting outside on a bench was Richard ''Rick-Rick'' Henyard, 18, and Alphonso ''Junior'' Small, 14. The two youths with juvenile criminal records spent Saturday planning a carjacking, police said.''These individuals, in their own words, were out to 'jack a car,' '' Eustis police Lt. Carmine Aurigemma said Tuesday.